Intro:B-E-B-E B E B
The time has come
E B
We're breaking in
E B
The real world waits
E B
To shed our skin
E B
And our teenage crimes
E B
We'll leave behind
E B
Mistakes we've made
E
We won't go
G#m F#
Back for tomorrow
E F#
When we've got today
G#m F#
We're packing up our sorrow
E F#
Tomorrow can wait
G#m F#
Say hurray, hurray! For the past we cling to
E F#
Today, today! We've got more to sing to
G#m F#
I'm the kid your parents told you not to become
E F#
But life's too short to live it in fear of
Chorus B E
If it's for us, who can be against us?
G#m F#
We are the hope and the future
E F#
The promised ones with everything to prove
B E
And with this plan written in our hands
G#m F#
We are the hope and the future
E F#
The promised ones with nothing else to lose
Interlude:B-E- B E
This is as good as it gets
B
Your time is of the essence
E B
Day by day, but you're not getting younger
E
You're on both sides of your fate
B
But dear, we'll find an escape
E
Living fast, dying younger, you're not
G#m F# E F#
Not getting younger, but it's okay
G#m F#
So hold back your tears, darling
E F#
All that can wait
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude:B--Bridge E G#m F#
The promised ones, we don't know what to do
E G#m F#
The promised ones, we don't know what to do
E
Set your mind and your heart to anything that you do
G#m F#
The promised ones, we don't know what to do
(take my hand, this is yours, and you've got nothing to lose)
E
Set your mind and your heart to anything that you do
G#m F#
The promised ones, we don't know what to do
(take my hand, this is yours, and you've got nothing to lose)
E
Young and we're reckless
G#m
Bored and we're selfish
F#
Sick and tired of
E
Young and we're reckless
G#m
Bored and we're selfish
F#
Sick and tired of
(Repeat Chorus)